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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2016
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2017
Seedling Number: 08-72E
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Light blue
Bloom Color Description: Lavender blue standards deepening in center, darker textured veining; lavender blue falls, overall deeper veining
Beard Color: Lavender
Style Arm Color: Lighter lavender blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2019
Award of Merit: 2021

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Ghost Writer X Haunted Heart

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Larry Lauer's Garden, Independence Oregon
Date: 2018-05-11

Date: 2017-05-29
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2019-05-17

Date: 2017-05-29

Date: 2016-05-10
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-17
Uploaded by IrisLilli
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2019-04-27
TB Iris Ocean Liner
Location: Philo, California
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2023-05-14
K.KEPPEL
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-05-21
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2020-04-16
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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: Salem Oregon
Date: 2023-05-22
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Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-05-23

Date: 2016-05-11
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Uploaded by ARUBA1334
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-22
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-05-21
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-15

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2023-05-16
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shizen On July 15, 2018 Obtained plant
rc'd 2; #1 in lg. pot
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